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National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) Profiles

The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) measures the height and weight of over one-million children aged 4-5 and 10-11 years each year in primary schools in England. The NCMP is an excellent source of surveillance data which helps increase understanding of the patterns and trends in underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obesity among the child population.

NCMP data from 2006/07 to 2015/16 are now available in this online data tool. Prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obesity for children in Reception (age 4-5 years) and Year 6 (age 10-11 years) can be examined at local authority level. Five years worth of data combined for obesity prevalence provides inequalities data for sex, deprivation and ethnic group by local authority. Data quality indicators are also available in this tool, for example rate of participation in the NCMP.